by Kenneth Woods | Mar 31, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
As we approach next week’s broadcast of the new Discovering Music show on the Nielsen Flute Concerto, we thought it would be nice to make available some older episodes as podcasts. The current episode is on the general topic of Impressionism. There’s a lovely...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 27, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
We’d like to invite any regular readers to visit YouTube and search for Mahler. We found out today that for some bizarre reason, the number 1 search result on YouTube for Mahler is the first mvt. of Kindertotenlieder with me conducting baritone Jesus Suaste and the...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 13, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media, News and Reviews
REVIEW: NOTTINGHAM PHILHARMONIC, ROYAL CONCERT HALL 11:00 – 12 March 2007 American rock and classical musician Kenneth Woods seemed a born conductor in his recent city debut. His second appearance with the Nottingham Philharmonic underlined that impression with...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 13, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media, Performing Life
Here is an interesting piece on violins from last week’s Sunday Times, with a special emphasis on So-Ock Kim’s Strad, which is the oldest known example. As it turns out, there are two corrections to offer. First, her concert in Nottingham on Saturday was...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 20, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
I’ve been following the Joyce Hatto scandal with a sort of horrified interest. I think this will turn out to have been a sad tale born out of horrible personal tragedies, but it is amazing just how audacious they were.Without meaning to offend the sensibilities of any...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 1, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
My friends in the technological brain trust have been working on the next generation of resources for my website, and, after much worry and frustration (remembering they’re only paid in beer), we now have our first video on kennethwoods.net. This is a performance of...
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